Michelle Ishida – Columbus, OH 
Michelle creates handbags with cut leather appliques in various tree and animal designs, utilizing recycled materials.
https://www.facebook.com/treeladyartprints
https://www.intragram.com/treeladyartprints
Brigit and Brett Kowalczyk – Delaware, OH
Brigit and Brett create usable, wearable, timeless art pieces. Art can be functional, and a bold statement about you. Brands and marks naturally found on the leather accent our designs to make each piece unique. Brigit and Brett use only top grain leather that only gets more beautiful as it ages.
https://bbkleatherdesigns.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BBKLeatherDesignsLLC/
https://www.instagram.com/bbkleatherdesigns/?utm_medium=copy_link
Douglas Polczynski – Columbus, OH 
Doug prides himself in using old world hand craftsmanship and techniques to create items that hearken back to a time past but also have modern functionality and often a fun and funky twist.
https://www.blackforestleather.com/
https://www.instagram.com/blackforestleather/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Black-Forest-Leather/100057033477007/
Jamie Seel – Columbus, OH 
Jamie’s artistic process begins with the urge to capture a specific movement or feeling within a 3d shape. From there, they lay down many brief gesture sketches to try to capture the feeling. When they have one that strikes them as particularly pleasing, they workshop it and develop that sketch into a complete bag design. Jamie then creates the patterns and draft physical samples, adjusting as necessary. When a design is ready to be produced, they create a production guide that details the order of sewing/finishing. After that, the design is ready to be produced time and time again. The production process involves cutting, gluing, stitching, sanding, edge beveling, polishing, edge painting, and hardware attachment / riveting. The actual making of the work is their favorite part of the process. Seeing a design go from vague idea to tangible object by the work of their own hands is very rewarding.
https://instagram.com/seelmade
Noelle Shearer – Galena, OH 
Starting with upcycled leather sourced from thrift stores, upholstery manufacturers and even other leather artists, Noelle envisions landscapes from the raw edges and imperfections found naturally in the leather. She uses either wood backgrounds which she stains, or canvases which she paints with acrylics to create backdrops to the leather scenes which are meticulously cut and designed by hand. Some leathers are distressed, painted or embossed to add even more texture to each piece. Each leather landscape is an original.